Graphophone attachment.



.IPIATENITED MAY 1 1906.

v M. J. & 1. GRBEVY. I GRAPHOPHONB ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. '7, 1905 numdoz J 2/Vitvwooeo% 5% UNITED STATESPATENT MATTHEW J. ennnvr AND nLEs GREEVY,-QF OMAHA, :NEBRAS-K A IGRAPHOPHQNE ATTACHMENT-y i I Patented May-15,1906.

To all whorl it may concern:

Be itknown that we, MATTHEW J. GREnvY and J ULES GREEVY, citizens of theUnited:

This invention relates toimprovements in graphophone attachments, andparticularly to a means for controlling the'movement of the record androducer.

The object of the invention is to provide a means whereby theoperator ofa type-writing machine-may by use of the foot or knee cause thecommencing or ceasing movement ofthe record-cylinder and reproducer of agraphophone 'or may produceVre eating movement of the graphophone witout use of the hands.

In the combined use of the graphophone and type-writer the messages ofthe recordcylinder are communicated to the operator of the type-writerby means of a rubber hearing-tube provided With 'earpieces which -eX-'tend to the graphophone, the latter being, of

course, a separate machine. The operator by moving a. lever upon thegraphophone causesthe' record-cylinder to revolve and af-- ter listeningoften is obliged, to reverse the lever to cause cessation of the'messageor on account of s eed differences or Words not being distinct y heardor understood finds it necessaryto reverse said lever. There is a lossof time, therefore, while turning from one machine to the other. Thehands of the operator should not be removed from the key board toperform satisfactory type-writing,

and the interruption to control the start and stop and repeatingmovement of a separate machine with the hands is a great annoyance,

as is well known.

Our invention is designed to overcome- Figure 1 represents a vertlcalfro'nt elevation' of the invention to show relative position of partsand manner of mounting the slidable sleeve, the link, paWLpaWI-rack, el-

bow-lever, and the connecting flexible cords or members. Fig. 2represents a vertical end view showin, a record-cylinder,reproducer,-and rock-s aft of a grapho hone and the relative position of.a part of t e devices employed, 'asjlevers, rods, pawl, and -pawlby thenumeral 12, and the stop-leverby 13,

. more clearly rack, all more fully explained hereinafter, the

figure being shown on the lines a b c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a topview of a part ofthe invention to I illustrate mounting of guiderod,sleeve, arms 14 and 15, and to show form 1 Fig. i repre- I frontelevation of a part of the invention to parts.

:In the drawings the numerall-represents the record cylinder, 2 thereproducer, 3

the reproducer-handle, 4 the reproducerguide, 5 the reproducerslide-rod, 41 the actuating wormcylinder, 42- the vertical alining bar,'26 the rock-shaft, '12 the start lever, 13the stop .lever, and 6 and6"the show the .relative position of vertical standards of theframework, ofa graphophone now in common use, the parts 3 beingsustained upon the platform 7. The construction and-operation of theseparts are so well known that they re uire no particular description, andit "is su 'cient to say the. rec'ordecylinder is slidably and removablymounted upon the mandrel 9, is provided I with a finely and s irallygrooved longitudinal periphery, and asa revolving movement upon themandrel, the latter being rotated by means of mechanism'contained withinthe machine. v a v A stationary rod 5 is sustained between the standards'6 and 6 of the frame. The

reproducer Zisprovided with a disk 10, be-f ne'at'h which is thereproducer-point 1 1,which I travels within the grooves. of therecord-cyl inder, already mentioned.

' A forward movement ofthe reproducer in a direction toward standard 6uponguide 4 .upon the rod 5 .is caused by rotation of the worm-cylinderll-within r0d'5 by means of a motor contained Within the graphophone,

the speed corresponding with the revolving movement of the mandrel 9,the vertical alinement of the guide 4*upon the rod,.5 being preserved bythe vertical bare-2, which travels with the guide 4. Thismovementicontinues upon the slide-rod 5 parallel with therecord-cylinder until the spiral groove upon the latter has been fullytraversed.

For the purposes. of thi description the conventionalrockshaft of agraphoph'o'ne is indicated by the numeral 26,- the start-lever When thoperatorpresses upon start-lever 12, the rvolving movement of the recordcylinder dommences and an audible message .may be received and willcontinue until the stop-lever 13 has been pressed, or, in effect, untilrock-shaft-26'has been reversed. When it is desired to have aInessagerepeated, the operator presses the stop lever 13, after whichthe reproducer-handle 3 has to be moved in l O order to cause theraising of thereproducer 2 with disk 10, and the point 11 is caused toretraverse the groove by sliding the guide 4 toward the standard 6" andlowering the reproducer 2 until the point 11 contacts with l 5 therecord-cylinder. t

For the purposes of the invention'we con-{ struct a stationary pawl-rack8 of suitable ,width, attached to and sustained by'and betweenthevertical standards 6 and 6. 1 This 2o 'trackway is provided with teethequally spaced apart, transverselydisposed to the trackway, andinclinedly set, the vertical Walls of the teeth bein upon the side facinthe di rection from whic the reproducer approaches, and upon the innerWalls of standards 6 and 6" We. mount the 'arms 14 and 15- by means ofthe pivots 14 and 15, these arms extending to the-front of the machineon a plane lower than "the reproducererod 5, and we rigidly 3o mountupon the arms 14 and 15 the slide-rod 16. The arm 15 is extended in alateral dimotion, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to form a lever, which isattached to thespring 18,

mounted upon the platform 7, and as thus constructed theslide-rod '16 isparallel with the rePrOduCersIide-r 'd 5 and with the pawlrack 8 and isadapted to have 'a free swinging movement upon the arms 14 and 15 under'control of spring 18. Upon the slide-rod 16 o wemount the sleeve -1 7,adapted to slide f thereon. The sleeve"'17 hasan integral portionextendingfrom its center upward to form thelink 19, its supper endterminating in the clevis 20, ivotally mounted upon the 5reproducer-hande3, and upon the arms 21 and 21 of the sleeve 17 wepivotallymount the pawl 22, adapted tolengage the teeth of the pawl-rack8 under control of means hereinafter described;

in Fig. 1,) having the'arms 24 and 25, and rnount it ri idly upon theend of rock-shaft 26 of a g'ra ophone in a manner so that arm 25 of'theel ow-lever maybe used in the place pf the startlever 12 of agraphophone, and

to the stop-lever, and since theelbow-lever is rigidly mounted upon theend of the rockshaft well-known movement of the latter 6o ma becontrolled by actuating the arms 24 an ,25, as is evident. For thepurpose of opr-i'at'in arms 24 and 25,-as well as otherparts ournvention, we employ a suitable spring upo pla l atmched't'o arm-2t" 05'construet ev nd 28 29. s 3

'We'provide the elbow-lever 23, (best shown thear'm 24 of saidlbow-leVerwill correspond we place a treadl'e-frame-30 and foot-treadle 31,pivotally mounted thereon, and employ :face' of lever 51.

the springs 32 and 33, 'so that the treadle will be resiliently mountedat either end, and at the toe end of the treadle we attach a fieXi-blememberas, for instance, a cord 34 Which extends in any convenient mannerto pass to the'lever end 250i elbow-lever 23, to which the cord isattached, first passing through eye-stand 29 to give it convenientdirection, and to the heel endof the treadle we attach cord 35, whichextends to the eye 36 of the extended lever-arm 15, to which the cord 35is attached'after passing through the eyestand 28 to-convel'ii'entlycontrol direction of the cord; H

, It will be understood that the revoluble movement of-therecord-cylinder 1 in almost all graphophones now'in use is controlled bya clutch, which has a lateral on-and-off contact upon the end of therecord-cylinder.

This clutch is wholly under control of rockshaft 26, and in Fig. 3 weshow the clutch 46, I

which is sustained rigidly'upon the upper end of thevertiCally-dispostadarm 47, Figs. 2 and 3. Arm 47 is constructed integral Withthe horizontallever 48, disposed transversely there on, and is adapted to have aslight lateral swing by reason of the pivotal mounting of lever 48 at5'0. -One end of lever 48 is pivotally'mounted upon lever 51 at 52, thelastnamed lever extending parallel with pawlrack '8- and having suitablehearings in standards 6 and 6, Figs. 3 and 5. Upon rockshaft 26 isprovided rigidly and transversely thereon the index 52 the free end ofwhich enters the groove'53, incised upon the sur- One 'end of rock-shaft26 has a bearingor support within the stationary block 54, Figs. 2, 3,'and 5. Lever 23 is rigidly mounted upon rock-shaft 26, as by lengthwisemovement under operation ofindex 52 of the nook-shaft, thereby operatingthe clutch.

As thus constructed and arranged our in- Vention provides means so thatthe operator of a type-writer has'full control of the graphophonewithout use of the hands, and or the purpose of causin amessageto berepeated the provisions ma care as follows: The pawl 22 ismounted'inclinedly upon its pivotal suport and travels with the sleeve17 upon a liorizontal plane above the teeth, but closely adjacentthereto While in its normal position; but when cord 35 is.drawn in adirect-ion toward the treadle the arms 14 and 15. are moved in adownward sweep, and with these arms are. carried the reproducer-handle3, the

link 19-, sleeve 17, s lide rod 16, and pawl 22, thereby causing thepawl toi'engage one of the ,teethof the WWI-rack-X. Since the 'pawl- 9the toe end of the treadleis pressed, the cord i f the are being thepoint of contact of the lower end of the pawl with the tooth of thepawl-rack, and as the pressurecome's down wardthe sleeve is movedbackward or inthe direction'of-standard- 6-, as is: evident, carry- 1 0ing with. it the. reproducer, jand this. is the.

operation =Ql'f1'6 eating.-

A.pressin'e downwardof the'hee end of the tre'adle'instan'tly causes thestop actionv of the graphophone, as'well as the action. ofrepeating,onea-ction' being sufficientqfor both purposes. When- 3, l is whichcauses the-lever end 'to bemovedfin a direction toward, standard- 6,which: causes the record-cylinder to commence' revolution, asis-obvious. Springs 32yandf 33 are adapted to haveequal tension, and a.positive movement of ,is a apted to be greaterthanthe combinedresilientforce of all other springs; plus iri c tion, and thcreforethcnormal position Of'lever 23 is always stop untilapre'ssure is made uponthe toei'end ofthetreadle; f 'Whenthe graphophone.isuseseparatelyfordictation purposes, the lever 23 is released ,hook upon the end of-sai'dspring. From the 'descriptiongiven the operation of --the invention willbe readily' understood.

-When -the lever-arm '24 is under-100mm of spring 27 bymeans-jof theihook 37, a downjw'ard toe pressure by the operator causes the nd? uponremoval .of. the. toe-pressure the treadle' returns to-- a =nor'1nal.;'osi-tion, and movement of the record jcylin ericeasesb c reason ofthe,resilient'forcefofspring 21, land.

"a pressurefof "the heel causes a repeated ,message', as alreadydescribed. 1.; In order that the alin-ementofthe sleeve'17-withfslide-rod 16 maylbe' p're'served, so-

occur of these; parts wh {ment is performed, thehorizontally mounted.arrn-4O is employed] This arm 40 is'madc integral with the 'alining-ban42 and ispro vided with a yoke consisting of the-arms 44 and 45, wlnch-come upon either side of ".Va'rious changes in detail 0t constructionmay be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention. We haveshown but. oneof several-methods of controlling the han-.

' dle ofthe reproducer and .Qf the start and stop leverconsideredthebest, and We do not limit ourselves to exactness ofconstruction, the scop ,ofithe invention being governed by the slidingmove-1 bination with a reproducer of a zi'norn'operationof spring 27 bymeans of the sai "* t movement 0 Q QCQrdecylinder, some adaptedto-controlsaid. pivotallyrnounted ,Iai'ms,v and. means to control saidflexible memben -Y k 5. 1 'In'an attachment'ofthe class described,

I in. combination with the reproducerf and the I 1 0 verticalalining-bar of fa graphophone',- of a link adapted tofcontrol saidreproducer; 'a' V, V .pawl adapted to control said-link, a stationh fi'ndi g .01 draggingmovement may, 1

ing knee-lever ma be substituted =fOI the foot-trea'dle provi ed withU-formed hooks.

suitably mounted or ;a foot-loop substituted forthe treadle, and thecontrol of these move ni'ents of thegraphophone wouldbe equally 7ooperative.

What we claim as our invention is 1. In a graphoph'one attachment, thecom aphophone.,-, 5 of a link adapted to control sai repro'ducer'; 7 5 apawl adapted to control said link, a station ary rack-engaged by saidpawl; mechanism adapted to control said pawl, and means to -control saidmechanism; v

2. v,In a graphophone attachment, the com '86:

bination with the reproducer-of a raphophone, of a link adapted tocontrol sai repro 1 ducer; a pawl adapted to control said link; a

stationary rack engagedby said pawl; a 4 slide-rod adapted tocontrolsaid pawl; mech- S 5 anisi'n adapted to control said slide-rod;-and means 'to control said mechanism. the foot is required to change thenormal position of the treadle and'efi'ect a control of- 5 theraphophone, 'Theresiliency of spring27 3. Ina graphophone attachment,the combination with a reproducer of 1a .aphophone,

.ofa link adapted to control sai .re producer; go;

a pawl adapted'to control said link;a'stati0n-,

,-ary rack engaged by said pawl, a slid rod j adaptedzt'o. *cont'roisaid pawl; pivotallymounted arms ada tedto control saidslide-L rod;mechanism a apted tocontrol said piv- 5' ,otally-niounted arms, andmeans-; to control said mechani'sm.

4. In angattachment of the class described,

the combination-with a reproducer of a-- grakphophone," offa adapted tocontrol [00 reproducer; a-pawl adapted "to control saidlinkya stationaryrack'enga'ged by said pawl, "a; slide-rod adapted to control said pawlivotallymounted "arm adapted-"to,

, said 'slide rod'gra flexible member p05 rack engaged by said.--pawlmechanism a r. adiipted' to control said pawl; means to con-. r15 trolsaid mechanism; a horizontally-disposed alining-bar mounted upon saidvertical alin- 'in'gebar, and making contact with said link.

6; In an attachment of the class described,

, in combination with the reproducer and the 12 0 vertical alining-barofa graphophon'e, of-a link adapted to control saidreproduc'er; a

pawli adapted' to control said link; a station- 'ary rack engaged bysaid pawl, a slide-rod;r 1

adapted to'control said pawl; mechanism '125 adapted to control saidslide-rod means' to control said mechanism; 'a, -horizontally-d1 sposedalining-bar mounted upon said vertical v a I fililDQ-bfifl', and makingcontact with said the 01am and it isfevident that an oscillat-i p Iadapted to control 'said pawl;

. trolsaidflexible member; a horizontally-dis f in combination with thereprodu'cer a nd the vertical jalining-bar of a graphophone; of a l linkadapted to control said reproduc'er; a pawl adapted to control said,link a station tures in presence of twq-witnessesfl I airy rack engagedbysaid pawl;a slide'-l)a r. 'M TH V J GREEVY v V Y W JULES GEE-Evy:mounted arms adapted to control sald slldel rod; 21 flexible memberadapted. to contrel [Witnssesz said pivotally-mounted-armsg means toC0n- "S. A. BROADWELL,

posed aliningber mounted upon said vertical I f lling-bar,-nnd makingcontact With-said In I .I I .r

7. In an attaehment of the wclass des'cribetl, i

